Parcel bag



Dec. 1, 1936. R. M. LACKEY PARCEL BAG Filed May 9, 1934 s-Sheet 1 3Sheet INVENTOR RobertMLackey ATTORNEY Dec. 1, 1936 R LACKEY 2,062,318

PARCEL BAG v I Filed May 9, 1934 3 SheqtsSheet 2 .Pob ertmLackey BY 1/INVENTOR,

' ATTORNEY Dec.- 1 19 36 I R. M. LAcKEY ,0 8

PARCEL BAG Filed May 9, 1954 3Sheets-Sheet.3 I

B Ewen MLackey iwm ' ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 1, 1936 PATENT OFFICE PARCELBAG Robert M. Lackey, Cohoes, N. Y.

xApplication May 9, 1934, Serial No. 724,639

10 Claims. (Cl. 229-.-68)

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are:To provide means for preventing the sides of the bag from pulling apartwhen loaded to capacity; to provide means for maintaining the service orworking position of the cover flap with which the bag is provided, andto simplify the construction and facilitate the manufacture thereof.

Drawings:

Figure 1 is an out-spread view of a blank with which the hereindescribed parcel carrying bag is constructed.

Figure 2'is an enlarged detail view of a fragment of the handle-formingportion of the pareel-carrying bag, the members being disposed inposition to receive the contents which they are to carry.

Figure 3 is a similar view showing the position of the members assumedwhenthe cover fiap has been moved to closure position.

Figure 4 is a similar view showing the further development of theclosure of the bag, the handle members having been aligned in positionto be locked.

Figure 5 is a sectional view, the section being taken on the line 5-5 inFigure 4.

Figure 6 is a similar view showing the opposite side of the bag toemphasize the relation of the handle finger opening and the lockingmemher of the handle.

Figure '7 is a view showing the service position of the completelyfolded bag.

Figure 8 is a sectional view, the section being taken on the line 8-8 inFigure "l.

Description:

' It is theintention and purpose of the present.

construction to augment the carrying capacity of the bag, and tostrengthen the handle members to the end that the bag may be employedfor carrying loads which heretofore would have been thought excessive.

By reference to Figure 1 ofthe drawings it will be seen that the patchesl2 and I3 are complementary, or in other words, that the outline formingthe handle member H of the patch l3 corresponds with the exposed outlineof the cross bar ii of the closure flap It. This constructionaccommodates the method of manufacture of the bag when a continuousstrip of paper is fed 6 to a bag making machine, a series of reinforcingpatches having the combined outline of the patches l2 and H are adheredto the continuous bag body as the same is carriedinto and through themachine.

55 The patches l2 and I3 are preferably constructed from relativelyheavier and stronger material than the body, of the bag, the purposebeing torender the.structure more capable of performing the servicedesired and to render the handle members more rigid.

In the source of manufacture, the blank shown in Figure 1 is folded onthe score line indicated. by the numeral I I so that the handle member Mwill overlie the handle member l8 in service. The handle member I4 andparts associated 10 therewith are preferably disposed for delivery tothe trade in the position shown in Figure 2 of the drawings wherein thesaid handle member I4 is folded back upon the body of the bag. In

this position it will be observed the bag may. be 15 quickly and easilyopened by lifting the body portion to receive the contents to becarried. During this operation of loading, the closure flap with itscross-bar l5 and handle member l8, it will be understood, remains in theopen or out 20 of service position.

The contents having been disposed? within the bag, the closure flap I6and cross-bar I5 are folded over the opening of the bag, the cross-barl5 overlying the body of the patch l2 at the lower 25 side of the fingeropening A, as seen best in Figure 3 of the drawings. The'handle memberI3 is then swung up and over the said cross-bar looking the same and theclosure flap IS in service position. When the handle members and closure30 flap are in this position, as seen best in Figure 4 of the drawings,the locking member [9 with which the handle member I4 is provided, canbe forced through the finger openings A and B,

as seen best shown in Figures 7 and 8, of the 35 drawings.

It will now be noted that in partially severing the locking member l9fronrthe body of the handle member H,- the member I 9 is provided withextensions 20. These increase the lateral 40 dimension of the lockingmember i9 beyond the length of the finger opening A to permit the ex'-tensions 20 to flex through the said finger openings. The materialforming the extensions 20 is cut back as indicated by the numeral 2| so45 that the distance between the cuttings is less than the length of thefinger opening I 0. The result of this construction is that when thelooking member I9 is forced through the finger opening as abovedescribed the extensions 2! snap through the openings and overlie thehandle member i8 as shown best in Figures 4, 6 and '7 of the drawings.

It will now be seen that after the member l9 has been thus disposed, anyeffort-to open the. 5

bag will cause the extensions 20 to ride down on the outer side of thehandle member l8 to prevent the member 69 being accidentally pulledthrough the finger opening A. I

It is obvious that when it is desired to re-open the bag, this can beeasily done by pressing back the extremities of the member I9 so thatthe extensions 20 will pass through the finger opening.

The material from which the member l9 and the in line with the loweredge of said opening.

When now the handle member I4 is turned up-' ward to overlie the sectionl5, (see Figure 4), the finger opening in said handle member l4registers with the finger opening in handle member It. Also, it shouldbe noted that locking member l9 registers with the finger openings, andcan now be thrust therethrough, the extensions 20, yielding to permitsaid lock-ing member to pass. p

It is obvious that as long as the member l9 remains in the positionshown, it is impossible to open the bag accidentally, unless perchan'ce,the

locking member it is retracted backward through the said openings. Toprevent this the extensions 20 override the sides of the handle memberIE to I prevent the locking member iii to thus retract.

When shaping the handle member l8, it will be noted that the edge of thehandle member and of the fiap i6 at the folding line of the flap iscurved, the purpose of the construction being to counteract any tendencyto tear away from the body, and to facilitate folding the fiap on thecrease of same.

The parcel bags are delivered when the closure flap I6, and handlemember it, are in position as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. In thisposition of said parts, the parcel bags are packed ready for use by theperson employed as wrappers or to place the goods to be carried in saidbags. By so arranging the parts, it will be noted that the operations offilling are simplified and the locking operation is indicated as one ofthe steps in closing the bags.

I claim:

1. A bag as characterized having carrying handle members therefor and aclosure flap thereof, said handle members and closure flap beingreinforced by relatively stronger material adhered to the part fromwhich the handle members are constructed to extend beyond the laterallimits of said handle members, the central portion of said fiap beingcomplementary to both handle members, one of said handle members havingbeen severed in part from said fiap, and means for locking said handlemembers in service position to prevent the accidental release of saidflap.

2. A parcel bag having a front portion and a back portion integrallyunited and folded one upon the other with the edges intersecting theline of folding juxtaposed and secured together to form a carryingreceptaclehaving a top opening, said portions being each provided withhandle-forming members, said members having each a finger perforationformed therein said perforations adapted to register each with the otherto jointly form a carrying handle for said bag, the perforation in oneof said members being longer than the other perforation and formed by apartially severed center portion, said portion being adapted forextension through the other perforation to lock the said members inservice relation, a closure flap for said bag integrally formed with oneof said body portions to be folded at the back portion integrally unitedand folded one upon the other with the edges intersecting the line offolding juxtaposed and secured together to form a carrying receptaclehaving a top opening, said portions being each provided withhandle-forming members, said members having each a finger perforationformed therein, said perforations adapted to register each with theother to jointly form a carrying handle for said bag, the perforation inone of said members being longer than the other perforation and formedby a partially severed center portion, said portion being adapted forextension through the other perforation to lock the said members inservice relation, a closure flap for said bag integrally formed with oneof said body portions to be folded at-the bag opening edge of the otherbody portion, said fiap having a cross-bar formed at the midlengththereof to register with and extend below the finger opening of thehandle member with which it is'structurally associated to rest inservice between said handle members, said handle members and cross-barbeing structurally reinforced by laminatlons of relatively strongermaterial permanently attached thereto.

4. A parcel bag having a front portion and a back portion integrallyunited and foldable one upon the other, means-for securing said portionsin service relation, a plurality of handle members each formed upon oneof said portions and extended therefrom, said members having elongatedfinger openings therein, said openings being adapted to register eachwith the other when overlaid one upon the other in service, the loweredge of the hand gripping members of said handle members being on a lineapproximately level with the opening edge of said bag. I

5. A parcel bag having a front portion and a back portion integrallyunited and foldable one upon the other, means for securing said portionsin service relation, a plurality of handle members each formed upon oneof said portions and extended therefrom, said members having elongatedfinger openings therein, said openings being overlaid one upon the otherin service, the upper edge of the opening of the hand gripping membersof said handle members being on a lineapproximately level with theopening edge of said bag, a closure fiap for said bag having at themid-length section thereof, a cross-bar formed in part by severing thesaid handle member adjacent thereto, the said cross-bar being arrangedto register with thelower edge of said finger openings, and a lockingmember for said handle members being an elongated member hinged from oneedge of one finger opening for extension through the other said fingeropening, said hinged member having a linear dimension greater than saidfinger opening aoeaaie through which extended to prevent the accidentalwithdrawal thereof from said finger openings.

6. A parcel bag having a front portion and a back portion integrally,united and foldable one upon the other, means for securing said portionsin service relation, said means embodying a plurality of handle membershaving each a finger opening therein, said openings substantiallyconforming each with the other, and a closure flap for said bag on oneof said portions, the folding crease whereof alines approximately withthe upper edge of the finger opening of the handle member of saidportion having. said flap.

7. A-parcel bag having a front portion and a back portion integrallyunited and foldable one upon the other, means for securing said portionsin service relation, said means embodying a plurality of handle membershaving each a finger opening therein, said openings substantiallyconforming each with the other, and a closure flap for said bag, thefolding crease whereof alines approximately with the upper edge of thefinger opening of the handle member of said front portion, an outer edgeof the handle intervening be,- tween and being curved to lead into thefolding crease of said flap.

8; A parcel bag having front and back portions each having carryingmeans providing substantially registering finger openings, one of saidcarrying means providing a locking member hinged thereto and capable ofinsertion through the other opening, said locking member providinglocking means in the plane of the locking member and projecting past theline of hlnging on the opposite side thereof from the body of thelocking member. Y

9. A parcel bag having front and back portions each having carryingmeans providing substantially registering finger openings, one of saidcarrying means providing a locking member hinged thereto and capable ofinsertion through the other opening, said locking member providinglocking means'in the plane of the locking member and projecting pastthe-line of hlnging on the opposite side thereof from the body of thelooking member, the distance in the direction of the line of hingingbetween the outermost edge of one of the locking means to the outermostedge of the other locking means being greater than the distance betweenends of the finger opening through which said locking means is insertedand juxtaposed in service relation next to the line of hlnging of thelocking member.

with a receiving opening therebetween and each having carrying meansproviding substantially registering finger openings when in servicerelation, one of the portions with one of said carrying means having acontinuatlon adapted to extend beyond the other said portion andcarrying means,

' 10. A parcel bag having front and back portions and the other carryingmeans adapted to be folded downwardly to 'rest in flattened conditionagainst the other of said portions whereby the bag is out of servicecondition and delivered to the trade 'in open position and ready foruse.

ROBERT M. LACKEY.

